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Authorities: Carlstadt Officer Not Fooled By Wanted Newark Driver Switching Seats Authorities: Carlstadt Officer Not Fooled By Wanted Newark Driver Switching Seats
Authorities: Carlstadt Officer Not Fooled By Wanted Newark Driver Switching Seats A wanted Newark man tried to avoid detection by switching seats with his passenger when a Carlstadt police officer stopped him for making an illegal turn, authorities said. The silver Nissan that illegally turned right off northbound Route 120 into the Hampton Inn parking lot also had tinted windows and an obstructed license plate when Officer Matthew Bartlett stopped it, Police Chief Thomas Berta said Monday. The vehicle shook heavily as Bartlett approached it – the result of 22-year-old Shareef Kamara swapping seats with a female passenger who had her young daughter with her, Berta said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Man Pulls Handgun On Female Driver In Essex County Road Rage Incident, Police Say Man Pulls Handgun On Female Driver In Essex County Road Rage Incident, Police Say
Man Pulls Handgun On Female Driver In Essex County Road Rage Incident, Police Say A 26-year-old Orange man was being held in jail after threatening and pointing a handgun at another driver over the weekend, authorities said. Damien Bolden pulled up next to the woman's car and yelled "You don't know how to drive," near Central Avenue and Essex Street around 10 a.m. Sunday in Orange, police spokesman Keith Royster said. The woman continued driving as Bolden again pulled alongside her -- threatening and pointing a handgun at her, Royster said. The woman took down Bolden's license plate and called police, who used the information to track him down.  Bolden was ar…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Registered Rockland Sex Offender Gets House Arrest For Violating Federal Release With Minor Registered Rockland Sex Offender Gets House Arrest For Violating Federal Release With Minor
Registered Rockland Sex Offender Gets House Arrest For Violating Federal Release With Minor A registered sex offender from Rockland County who spent a year in federal prison for assaulting a woman on a flight from Israel to Newark Liberty International Airport was sentenced Thursday to time served for sexually abusing a minor after his release, authorities said. Yoel Oberlander, 39, of Monsey had served a plea-bargained year behind bars for the airborne May 2016 assault when he was arrested by Ramapo police in June 2019. Oberlander later admitted that he’d picked up an underage victim for sex in his car during what was three years of federal supervised release, U.S. Attorney Craig…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Authorities: Newark Man In Stolen Car Nabbed In Pair Of Bloomfield Shootings Authorities: Newark Man In Stolen Car Nabbed In Pair Of Bloomfield Shootings
Authorities: Newark Man In Stolen Car Nabbed In Pair Of Bloomfield Shootings A 19-year-old Newark man was driving a stolen car when he shot two people who were both hospitalized last weekend in Bloomfield, authorities said. Tre Byrd was arrested Tuesday and charged with attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, weapon possession and more in connection with both Friday night shootings, Bloomfield Public Safety Director Samuel A. DeMaio said Wednesday. One victim had been shot in the shoulder and was lying in the street with an electric scooter between his legs on Arlington Avenue near Federal Plaza around 10 p.m. Friday, DeMaio said. The man, who had …

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by Cecilia Levine
News
LOCKDOWN: Two Inmates At Hudson Lockup Test Positive For COVID-19 LOCKDOWN: Two Inmates At Hudson Lockup Test Positive For COVID-19
Lockdown: Two Inmates At Hudson Lockup Test Positive For Covid-19 The Hudson County Jail went into lockdown Sunday after two inmates tested positive for coronavirus, officials said. The inmates were quarantined in the hospital's rehabilitation center and will be treated according to guidelines established March 13, Hudson County spokesperson James Kennelly told NorthJersey.com. None of the immigration detainees being held at the Kearny jail or staff tested positive for COVID-19, Kennelly said. The news comes days after a corrections officer at the Bergen County Jail tested positive for COVID-19, prompting seven co-workers to self-quarantine as well.…

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by Cecilia Levine
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East Orange Man Charged With Killing Jersey City Dad, 28 East Orange Man Charged With Killing Jersey City Dad, 28
East Orange Man Charged With Killing Jersey City Dad, 28 An East Orange man was charged in the first Jersey City homicide of 2020, authorities said. Eric Ballon, 33, was arrested without incident Friday at the Essex County Jail -- where he was being held on unrelated charges -- in connection with the March 6 killing of Rashawn Bethea, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Bethea, 28, was gunned down around 11:30 p.m. in front of a home on Wegman Parkway, up the street from near Audubon Park in the city's Greenville section, Suarez said.  EMS pronounced him dead at the scene from gunshot wounds to the torso 15 minutes later, and …

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Hillside Man, 20, Charged In Bloomfield Carjacking Hillside Man, 20, Charged In Bloomfield Carjacking
Hillside Man, 20, Charged In Bloomfield Carjacking A 20-year-old Hillside man was charged in a Bloomfield carjacking, police said Monday. Four people began walking toward the victim moments after she parked her grey Toyota RAV4 in her driveway on Fontaine Avenue (Halcyon Pond) around 6:40 p.m. Jan. 23, Bloomfield Director of Public Safety Samuel A. DeMaio said. One person, later identified as Naszir Mitchel, 20, approached the victim from behind -- demanding her keys and belongings, DeMaio said. Mitchel then got in her car with the other three individuals and fled, authorities said. Police tracked the victim's cell ph…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Bloomfield Burglar Hit At Least 3 Businesses, Tried To Flee In Taxi: Police Bloomfield Burglar Hit At Least 3 Businesses, Tried To Flee In Taxi: Police
Bloomfield Burglar Hit At Least 3 Businesses, Tried To Flee In Taxi: Police A Newark man has been charged in a series of smash-and-grab burglaries in Bloomfield Sunday, police said.  Responding to an activated alarm at John's Deli on West Passaic Avenue, police discovered that the glass front door had been smashed with a rock and that $200 had been taken from the cash register.  As officers checked around the building, they saw that the front door to another business, Prissy Paws, had been damaged. Officers found that the business had been ransacked and about $100 was taken from the register.  Officers combing the area spotted a man walking south on…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
NY Man Charged In Carjacking Spree Throughout Newark, Elizabeth NY Man Charged In Carjacking Spree Throughout Newark, Elizabeth
NY Man Charged In Carjacking Spree Throughout Newark, Elizabeth A Brooklyn man suspected of several carjackings in Newark and Elizabeth last month is in custody, Newark police said Tuesday.  Jaheem Fulmore was arrested at his home and be being held at the Essex County jail. An investigation is underway to identify others who took part in the rash of carjackings Oct. 13 to Oct 16.  “Our detectives followed leads to Brooklyn, where they positively identified the suspect,” Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said. “With the help of the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI, we were able to obtain search warrants and arrest warrants.” This story …

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Marijuana Plants Found At Nutley Home, Two Siblings Charged: Police Marijuana Plants Found At Nutley Home, Two Siblings Charged: Police
Marijuana Plants Found At Nutley Home, Two Siblings Charged: Police Officers found nearly a dozen marijuana plants at a home on Valley Road in Nutley Wednesday, police said.  Police executing a search warrant also allegedly found drug paraphernalia and arrested two of the home's occupants, Bryan Kainey, 32, and his sister Mallory Kainey, 34.  Mallory Kainey was charged with possession of a hypodermic needle, possession of paraphernalia and failure to turn over a controlled dangerous substance to law enforcement. She was turned over to Newark police on a warrant issued there and released.  Bryan Kainey was charged with maintaining a drug manu…

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by Paul Milo
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Multiple Uninvited Guests Arrested At Wild Nutley House Party Multiple Uninvited Guests Arrested At Wild Nutley House Party
Multiple Uninvited Guests Arrested At Wild Nutley House Party Police made a number of arrests at a Nutley house party Aug. 16 that was advertised on social media -- and drew a multitude of uninvited guests.  Officers investigating a noise complaint on Wayside Lane saw several dozen people fleeing as they arrived. Police later learned that the party had been announced on Snapchat and drew attendees from across North Jersey, many of whom were unknown to the resident, police said. A number of attendees were arrested or issued summonses following foot and vehicle chases, police also said.  They are:  Daniel Marte, 19, of Moonachie, who was…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Man Accused Of Burglary Spree In Belleville, Nutley Caught Man Accused Of Burglary Spree In Belleville, Nutley Caught
Man Accused Of Burglary Spree In Belleville, Nutley Caught An East Orange man suspected of multiple crimes in Belleville and Nutley was arrested Wednesday after his use of a stolen credit card helped identify him, Nutley police said.  Robert Rasczyk, 34, of East Orange was being held at the Essex County jail on Nutley charges of burglary, receiving stolen property and aggravated assault on a police officer. He also faces additional charges in Belleville, Nutley police said.  Rasczyk stole a car and committed burglaries in Nutley July 12, police said. He was identified by Belleville police when he used a stolen credit card at a convenience…

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by Paul Milo